Candy Evans

Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.

“Half of a Texas Homeowner’s Property Taxes Would be Needed to Pay Pension Contributions”

By Candy Evans / November 22, 2016 /

Watchdog.org is a great site to read (and subscribe to) for nitty gritty (gritty) fiscal news. Doing a little search, back in 2011, Watchdog ran this headline: Pension reformers warn of looming breaking point, cite governments’ ‘actuarial bullshit’ That was when legislators in tiny Rhode island voted overwhelmingly to remove pension benefits from all its employees…

Dallas Bankruptcy Woes Now National Headlines Via the New York Times: Effect on Dallas Real Estate?

By Candy Evans / November 21, 2016 /

Above the fold, which means full media attention: the NYT story heads that  “Dallas is staring down a Texas-sized bankruptcy”, and it opines how the city with “the fastest economic growth of the nation’s 13 largest cities” could be, well, Detroit. Yeah, good question. Its streets hum with supersize cars and its skyline bristles with…

Phyllis Glover, R.I.P.

By Candy Evans / November 19, 2016 /

It is with great sorrow we report the passing of Dave Perry-Miller agent Phyllis Glover. Phyllis died last Sunday morning after complications from a heart condition. Born on May 20, 1943, in Marshall, Texas, Phyllis was a graduate of Marshall High School. She received her undergraduate degree from Centenary College, graduating Summa Cum Laude. Phyllis…

Take Command Health Offers Realtors an Easier, Better Way to Purchase Health Insurance

By Candy Evans / November 18, 2016 /

For Realtors, the search for quality health insurance can be an exercise in frustration. As independent contractors, you’re usually responsible for finding individual health insurance on your own. And to say the marketplace is confusing is an understatement. “Trying to find the right health plan that fits your needs can be very difficult, time consuming,…

A New Gatekeeper: Why Allie Beth Allman’s “Gates of Highland Park” Video is Important

By Candy Evans / November 17, 2016 /

Juli Harrison and Stephen White at Allie Beth Allman are marketing one (or actually, two) of the most expensive properties in Highland Park, and, for that matter, all of Dallas: 4311 and 4321 Lakeside Drive. Dallas dirt doesn’t get much pricier than this. The two lots are being sold together, or separately. List price is…